Size doesn't mean female. He's lost his abdominal patterning, is incredibly lanky/fluffy, and the ends of his pedipalps have lost the final segment and become clubbed, which only happens in a mature male. If you look at his palps from underneath, I'll bet you you're going to see the red bulbs of his emboli.
Size doesn't mean female. He's lost his abdominal patterning, is incredibly lanky/fluffy, and the ends of his pedipalps have lost the final segment and become clubbed, which only happens in a mature male. If you look at his palps from underneath, I'll bet you you're going to see the red bulbs of his emboli.
If you want, you can post the ventral picture to get confirmation without a shadow of a doubt, but just based on this photo I'd be willing to bet my own adult female that you have a very massive and fluffy boy there.
If you want, you can post the ventral picture to get confirmation without a shadow of a doubt, but just based on this photo I'd be willing to bet my own adult female that you have a very massive and fluffy boy there.
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